As I wrote a few months ago, I have a difficult relationship with blogging. In short: I start, after a few months I think what I wrote is silly, and then I get rid of it. This time I promised myself and the internet that I wouldn’t do this. I made no promises about posting great content or posting often, just that I would accept my posts they way they are.
I dare to say that it’s actually going quite OK! I think the thing that is different this time is being on Twitter:
- I read more blog posts in general, which helps me improve my writing and gives me ideas on what to write about.
- I realized there are a lot of people struggling with writing, and that ways to improve your writing (such as doing it, as I am doing now!) are a good thing.
- I connect with more researchers, and am slowly starting to realize my posts might be useful to others
As part of “blog relationship therapy”, I decided to also be more accepting of posts from my earlier blog – the posts I decided were silly in one way or another, and eventually led to that blog’s doom. I’ve resurrected a couple of them. They are mostly about “first” experiences as a PhD student, such as preparing for a lecture or writing a proposal. Enjoy!
Great that you’re back! Do you have an RSS feed I can follow as well?
Thanks! It’s good to be back.
RSS: Not yet? But I guess WordPress should have capabilities for this.
By the way somehow WordPress won’t send me emails about comments being held for moderation even though I enabled that option, very annoying that I miss actual comments this way.
I have added WP’s default feed now, is this OK? What do you use to follow feeds?
Whoohoo! I am (as is my style) late to the party, but happy to have found your blog. I’ve added your feed to my inoreader.
P.S. The relationship status between me and by blog: It’s complicated. (ditto, that is 🙂
Awesome, thanks!
My relationship with readers for blogs is even more complicated… do you recommend inoreader?